It seems that, at least in Summer, Tasmania loves festivals. Every City seems to sponsor them, but we live near a relatively large city (?30,000 population) so it has some really good ones.
Last weekend was the "Regatta" with boat races, ski demonstrations, a swimming race (if only I'd known), bike races, and performances.
Two days ago it was "Taste the Harvest," and we did (and ran into Emanuel Benjamin, a nice Tasmanian who moved form India 25 years ago to play professional cricket - he took the photo of all of us together).
Yesterday our own little town of Latrobe threw an "8 Hour Day" (US's equivalent of Labor Day) Festival with 8 hours of good music - we only made it through 4 hours - the kids got restless and the music got progressively louder - we're too old. There was a really good singer song writer who took lots of jabs at the Bush Loving, Big Business Promoting, Down-with-the-little-guy PrimeMinister, John Howard, adn the "labor" crowd loved it. The kids had a great time getting their faces painted.
School's going well for both kids, Nikki's meeting friends, and I'm getting more comfortable in the challenging position.
Hope all are well and enjoying Spring.
Love,
B,N,E,&R
